тэрэг

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ
(terge)
тэрэг
(tereg)

Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *tergen. Compare Buryat тэргэн (tergen), Kalmyk тергн (tergn), Daur tergu (vehicle), Dongxiang qierge (cart), Dongxiang qiereigvan (car), East Yugur tergen. related to Old Turkic tirke- (connect to back of something), compare Turkmen tirkemek, Turkmen tirkeg (cart connected to animal) and Chagatai ترکاک. Perhaps also related to Proto-Tungusic *turki (sleigh), Nivkh т’у (tʼu) or Korean 달구지 (dalguji, cart). Furthermore, compare Even турки (turki), Nanai токи (toki).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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тэрэг (tereg) (Mongolian spelling); (hidden-n declension)

  1. cart
  2. motorcar
  3. (chess) rook
    Synonym: (colloquial) ханхай (xanxaj)

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (šatryn dürs) (layout · text)
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ноён (nojon) бэрс (bers) тэрэг (tereg) тэмээ (temee) морь (morʹ) хүү (xüü)